How The Strait of Hormuz turned into a minefield. Well, the threats hiding in the water range from your classic, old-school contact mines—the kind designed to violently rip through the hulls of commercial ships—to highly advanced bottom mines that actually listen for the acoustic signatures of passing Vessels.”But To Enforce a Blockade right in the middle of a vital global shipping lane.The IRGC is basically rolling the clock back to World War 2 attack boats.They’re dropping massive anti-ship mines to create a dead-zone blockade. So… how do you fight a weapon you can’t even see Well, if you’re US Central Command, you don’t fight them in the water at all. You use preemptive strikes. The tactical play here is to take out the mine laying ships while they’re sitting ducks at the dock, and completely level the factories storing the munitions. Just look at this battle footage. Here are The Mine Laying Vessels getting Hit by Hellfire missiles—long before they ever get the chance to pose a threat.”